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Damien (French) [damjɛ̃] n (Biographies / Damien, Joseph, Father (1840-1889) M, Belgian, RELIGION: missionary) Joseph (ʒozɛf), known as Father Damien. 1840- 89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the leper colony at Molokai, Hawaii How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And there rises up before me all that was there foreshadowed, and I see visions of Damon and Pythias, of life-saving crews and Red Cross nurses, of martyrs and leaders of forlorn hopes, of Father Damien, and of the Christ himself, and of all the men of earth, mighty of stature, whose strength may trace back to the elemental loins of Lop-Ear and Big-Tooth and other dim denizens of the Younger World. "Yes, I know the spawn - complacently pecking at him for his Father Damien letter, analyzing him, weighing him - " I have an aunt called Rachel, who put the life of Father Damien into verse. |
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